Railroad-gate



(No Model.)

A. S. HANGER.

RAILROAD GATE.

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ANDRFNV S. HANGER, OF FISHERSVILLE, VIRGINIA.

RAILROAD-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,236, dated September 9, 1890.

Application filed January 21, 1890. Serial No. 337,618. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW S. HANGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fishersville, in the county of Augusta and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Railroad-Gate, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to stock-gates for railroads, adapted to close cut-s and prevent the passage therethrough of stock, and the invention has particular reference to the means for operating the gates by the passing trains.

Among the objects in View are to simplify and increase the efficiency of the operating devices, all as will appearin the following description.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of arailWay-track and stock-gate, the latter provided with mechanism constructed in accordance with my invention for operating the same. Fig. 2 isa detail in perspective of one of the spring-treads, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the gate and track.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l represents the rails, at the sides of which are located the opposite posts 2, which are extended up from an excavation under the rails, and are connected at each side by strips 3, forming an intermediate passage 4. Each of the posts 2 has its inner face provided with a vertical groove or way 5.

6 represents the gate, andthe sanieis formed in three sections, the two side sections 7 and the central section 8, the three sections being mounted upon a single base-bar 9, extending under the track, and the gate, as a whole, being mounted in the space 4. The outer end posts of the outer sections of the gate are mounted in the grooves or ways 5 of the posts 2 and the three sections are spaced apart, so

as to form openings for the passage of the rails. The central section of the gate at each of its ends is provided with a headed lug 10, and from cross-ties 11, at a suitable distance from each side of the gate, there project pairs of upwardly-disposed spring plates or treads l2, the free ends of which are slotted, as at 13, for the reception of the shanks of the studs, the plates of one pair overlapping the oppo site plates of the other pair, and Vice versa. The tendency of the springs is to maintain the gate in a raised position, so that the gap is closed, and it will be apparent that the iianges of the wheels of a train coming in either direction will depress the spring-treads and the gate below the level of the track, and.

that after said train has ceased exerting its weight the springs will automatically return the same to its normal position.

Havingthus described my invention,what I claim is- The combination, with the opposite grooved vertical posts, of the gate comprising a central and two outer Vertical sections, the former located between and the latter outside of the track-rails, a base-bar 9, connecting each section, mounted in the grooves aforesaid and located below the rails, headed studs located at the opposite upper ends of the central section and the opposite pairs of spring-treads, the outer ends of which are rigidly secured to the cross-ties of the road at opposite sides of the gate, and the inner ends of each pair overlapping each other and the gate and longitudinally slotted and riding upon the stud, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDREV S. HANGER.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. WHrrEsELL, J. F. TEMPLETON. 

